öva

See also: ova, OVA, ovâ, and -ová

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German ȫven, from Old Saxon ōbian, from Proto-Germanic *ōbijaną (“to do, practice”), see also German üben (“to practice”).

Pronunciation
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Verb

öva (present övar, preterite övade, supine övat, imperative öva)

  1. to practice, to train to do something, to exercise
    Jag kan inte spela gitarr än, men jag övar varje dag.
    I cannot play the guitar yet, but I practice every day.
    Vi övar på att spela gitarr.
    We practice playing the guitar.

Usage notes
  • Used with på when mentioning what is practiced. Hence "öva varje dag" (practice every day) but "öva på att spela gitarr" (practice playing the guitar.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of öva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive öva övas
Supine övat övats
Imperative öva —
Imper. plural1 öven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative övar övade övas övades
Ind. plural1 öva övade övas övades
Subjunctive2 öve övade öves övades
Participles
Present participle övande
Past participle övad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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